Spool-holder.



A. BENZB &.G. L. HUBBELL.

SPOOL HOLDER.

APPLIGATIOH FILED MAY 16, 1910. 7

998,948, Patented July 25, 1911.

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UNTTE STATES PATEN FFTCE.

SPOOL-HOLDER.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, ANGELINE BENZE and GEORGE L. HUBBELL, citizens ofthe United States, and residents of Bridgeport, in the county ofFairfield and State of Con necticut, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Spool-Holders, of which the following is aspecification.

Our invention relates to spool holders adapted for attachment to apersons garment as for instance a ladys waist and has for its object theproduction of a device which will be simple, practical and inexpensiveto manufacture; whereby a spool of thread may be conveniently supportedin readiness to be unwound, from time to time as required, and adaptedto be detached if necessary for the substitution of other kinds ofthread; further to provide in connection with said holder a cutterwhereby the thread may be readily severed at any point and finally todevise a hook in connection therewith for the support of a thimble insuch a way that it will also form a shield for the cutter and wherebythe latter will not be exposed.

WVith the above and other minor objects in view our invention residesand consists in the novel construction and arrangement of parts shownupon the accompanying sheets of drawing forming a part of thisspecification upon which,

Figure 1, shows a front elevation of our improved holder complete wit-hspool of thread supported therein. Fig. 2, is a rear view of the holdershown in Fig. 1, but without the spool of thread, and Fig. 3, is an edgeview as seen from the left of Fig. 2, a thimble being indicated assupported therein, by dotted lines.

The holder is formed of sheet metal and wire combined, the former beingblanked up in the desired shape, while the wire is suitably bent formedand attached to the sheet metal part.

Referring in detail to the characters of reference marked upon thedrawings 5 represents the main plate of the holder which is of a generalelongated shape having suitable irregular or scalloped edges and anenlarged-depending central portion 6. To the lower end of this dependingportion is secured as by means of a rivet a yieldable Specification ofLetters Patent.

Application filed May 16, 1910.

Patented July 25, 1911.

Serial No. 561,730.

hook 7 that is designed to support a thimble as shown in Fig. 8. Thebody portion of the plate beneath this hook is stamped out as shown toform a knife 8 of the two intersecting side edges which are ground 01fas indicated in the drawings to form a cutting edge over which thethread is drawn and severed. The point of this knife is thus disposedoutward at an angle from the body, but is fully protected by the thimblehook that is disposed upward across the said knife for the purpose ofpreventing the user from accidentally injuring herself by con tact withthe knife as might be the case were the hook not arranged across it.

The wire portion of the holder is preferably formed in two parts andserves both as a support for the spool and further as a means for theattachment of the holder to a garment. This wire is in part soldered tothe plate as indicated by 9 and .is further secured by forming tongues10 integral with the plate and rolling them up over and around therespective wires 11 and 12 of the opposite side portions.

13 represents a coil in the wire to form a spring for the pin 14 whichin practice is inserted through a garment and disposed under the hook 15for the attachment of the holder to such garment. wires are providedwith depending portions 16 and 17 having inwardly disposed ends 18 thatenter the opposite ends of the hole of the spool forrotatably-supporting the same. Said spool being placed thereon byspringing the opposite wires 16 and 17 apart while the spool is insertedtherebetween.

Having thus described our invention what we claim and desire to secureby Letters Patent is:-

1. In a holder of the class described, the same comprising a platehaving an inter mediate central portion struck forward to form. acutting edge, a hook attached to the plate to support a thimble anddisposed across the said cutting edge to protect the blade, dependingwire portions secured to the plate to engage and support a spool fromthe plate, and means for the attachment of the holder to a garment.

2. In a spool holder of the class described, the combination with aplate, a thimble hook attached thereto, a cutting blade ar- Therespective ranged beneath and protected by the hook, Fairfield and Stateof Connecticut, A. D. two separate wires secured to the plate and 1910.

each having one end disposed downwardly T to form a spool holder andtheir opposite gggi ends arranged to form a pin and eye respecx T Jtii'ely for the attachment of the holder to a Witnesses: rment. C. M.NEWMAN,

Signed at Bridgeport, in the county of RUTH RAYMOND.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. G.

